Unit 1 A surprise birthday party

unit 1 a surprise birthday party
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language focus:
using ‘going to’ to describe events that will occur quite soon.
e.g. we’re going to have a lot of delicious fond.
using formulaic expressions to exchange greetings
e.g. how are you? i’m fine, thanks.
using formulaic expressions to express exclamations
e.g. what a wonderful party!
using modals to make a polite request.
e.g. may i speak to ____, please?

language skills:
listening
recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions and statements, and respond appropriately
identify main ideas of a new topic
listen for specific information
understand the speaker’s intention, attitude and feelings through his/her choice and use of language, gesture and facial expression
speaking
open an interaction by greeting someone in an appropriate manner
maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
close an interaction by using appropriate formulaic expressions
reading
read written language in meaningful chunks
scan a text to locate specific information
recognize recurrent patterns, in language structure, such as word structure, word order, sentence structure, organization of text-types

materials:
student’s book 7b page 2
cassette 7b and a cassette player
workbook 7b page 1

preparation:
cue the cassette

pre-task preparation
language learning activity
(this section aims at providing students with opportunities to practise the language/vocabulary needed or become familiar with the background for the task that follows.
1. explain to students what a surprise party means and compare it with an ordinary party, telling them that there are unexpected events or arrangements as surprises. ask students whether they have ever experienced a surprise party. invite some students to talk about the events or activities in the party that were a surprise. list the events or activities on the board.
2. review and introduce new vocabulary item, e.g. cartoons, videos, karaoke.
3. play the recording: read. students listen and follow in their books.
4. play the recoding again. students listen and repeat.
5. invite some pairs of students to role-play kitty and mark and act out their conversation.
6. have students work in pairs. tell them to imagine that they are going to hold a surprise party for a special friend and are planning to invite some other friends to the party. they have to decide the date, the day of the week, the time, the place and the things they will do at the party.
7. students practise in pairs the target language in look and speak by asking and answering each other’s questions. one student acts as the caller and the other as the recipient. first, role-play the conversation of accepting the invitation to the party, and the party, and then swap the roles and act the scene of declining the invitation.